Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
Sir Thomas AquinasI heard what Ashley Cole said about kicking me if he has to, but he will have to catch me first. When we step out on to the pitch on Sunday, all friendships will be forgotten.
Robert PiresReal friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
EuripidesFriendship's said to be a plant of tedious growth, its root composed of tender fibres, nice in their taste, cautious in spreading.
Sir John VanbrughEvery business is built on friendship.
J C PenneyOne measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
Clifton FadimanOne's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Simone De BeauvoirFriendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
Baltasar GracianLove is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.
Charles PeguyFriendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.
Edward YoungA friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
John D RockefellerI feel that I contributed well, but my strength and energy in that department is running out. I made, not friendships, never got anywhere like that, but you know I've formed slight bonds with people and they were lovely and gracious
Lesley BrainIf we take matrimony at it's lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship recognised by the police.
Robert Louis StevensonIf a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger by carefully trailing behind the cat while boasting of the deep friendship they share. In this way, he creates an impression that his well being is of great concern to the tiger.
Chin-Ning ChuSecrecy is the chastity of friendship.
Bishop Jeremy TaylorIn the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
Kahlil GibranYes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowWhat I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?
Anais NinAll love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
Ella WilcoxAnd even though we don’t have the professional relationship anymore, the love and friendship we have for each other will remain. He is like a father to me and I hope we both keep succeeding in our careers. [on coach Larri Passos]
Gustavo KuertenFriendship is essentially a partnership.
AristotleLove demands infinitely less than friendship.
George Jean NathanFriendship is but a name. I love no one
Napoleon BonaparteI would like to express to all Londoners, to all of the British people, the solidarity, the compassion and the friendship of France and the French people. [on London terrorist attacks, 7th July 2005]
Jacques ChiracI understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
Edward GibbonFriendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.
Max JacobFriendship needs to be rooted in respect, but love can live upon itself alone
OuidaNothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
Honore De BalzacFew things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.
William HazlittFriendship and mutual co-operation must be the keywords for alternative ways of working once the Euro Ivory Tower has been demolished.
Steve BlakeNo one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.
Francis CrawfordHow can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
Albert CamusIt is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
Kenneth TynanIf we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.
Charlotte BronteOf all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
EpicurusA man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. [In other words learn to enjoy your own company and it's the start of a life long friendship]
Charles HughesTis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
Charles LambLove, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Anton ChekhovPerhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
George EliotI have always laid it down as a maxim -and found it justified by experience -that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex -but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.
Lord ByronFriendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.
Laurie ColwinWe content ourselves that friendship is a reality, and not a fancy - that it is built upon a rock.
Douglas FairbanksFriendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
Robert LyndFriendship is Love without his wings!
Lord ByronThe greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Joseph AddisonBut friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
Thomas JeffersonLaughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
Henry Ward Beecher It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
Edgar Watson HoweIn politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
TocquevilleMadam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
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